Letter From Ruby Powell-Dennis: Endorsed Candidate for TN Senate District 31

I’m Ruby Powell-Dennis. I’m a mom, a former elementary school administrator, and a community organizer. I grew up in a rural community where I learned the values of hard work, helping others, and giving back. I am proud to be running to represent State Senate - District 31, which includes Arlington, Lakeland, parts of Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, Germantown, and East Memphis near U of M up to Poplar and Highland.

My time working in public schools shaped my desire to be a leader who will fight back against policies that don’t meet the needs of children and everyday, hardworking families. We’ve seen firsthand how kids, frontline workers, and vulnerable communities are at risk due to right-wing extremism in our policies and legislation in the last two years.

With the support of Future901 PAC and other progressive political action committees, we will bring real change to the state senate.

We are working hard to reach a budget with the support of small-dollar donors. We have used our resources well to date and have already contacted 30,000 people by door, phone, and digitally in the district since February 2022 and have begun ID’ing voters positively, building on our efforts from 2020 and 2021.

We are endorsed by the TN Women’s Political Caucus and Leaders for Educational Equity and have multiple pending local, state, and national endorsements that will roll out over the coming months.

I am not afraid of the hard work of being the 7th Democratic state senator in a Republican supermajority. We have come too far to turn back now. That means fighting back against vouchers, Right to Work policies, trigger laws that attack bodily freedom, and other rhetoric that hurts Shelby County.

I am thankful to work alongside other dedicated community leaders like you to ensure that “Y’all means All” for my district.

Respectfully,

Ruby Powell-Dennis

Website: RubyPowellDennis.com

Socials: @RPowellDennisTN